Live auction - Lot 633
[Middle East]
5 albumen prints.
2nd half 19th c
€ 400 / 500
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Lot description
C. 20 x 26 to 23 x 29 cm, mounted on cardboard, 3 clearly signed in the negative.
A stunning studio portrait of an Egyptian soldier (Sébah), a view on a desert town with palm trees (Beato), Banias old city gate with a posing male character (Bonfils), an ancient amphitheatre with a wooden shed in the middle, a bird's-eye view on Damas (Bonfils) and another unidentied (Syrian?) bird's-eye view near a river and a particular tower.